New York Laws
Article 131 - Medicine
6526 - Exempt Persons.

(b) (i) A person who is currently licensed and in good standing in
another state or territory to practice as a physician and practicing in
New York state on May twenty-second, two thousand twenty-three pursuant
to the state disaster emergency declared by executive order four of two
thousand twenty-one may be temporarily authorized to practice medicine
in the state of New York under the supervision of a New York state
licensed and registered physician, provided such person: (1) filed an
application for licensure with the department pursuant to section
sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this article that is pending a

determination; (2) has obtained the endorsement of an employing health
care facility, health care program, or health care practice that is
authorized by New York state law to provide medical services and
acceptable to the department; (3) has graduated from a duly accredited
school of medicine located in the United States or Canada; and (4) is
currently board certified by a physician certification board acceptable
to the department.
(ii) Prior to commencing temporarily authorized practice: (1) the
person shall file an application for licensure with the department
pursuant to section sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this article; (2)
the person and supervising physician shall jointly provide written
notification to the department, in a form and format acceptable to the
department, that such person intends to practice in the state of New
York pursuant to this paragraph; (3) the person shall pay a fee
determined by the department; and (4) the person's name must appear on a
list of persons authorized to temporarily practice medicine published on
the department's website. Such temporary authorization shall expire in
one hundred eighty days or ten days after notification that the person
does not meet the qualifications for licensure as a physician, whichever
shall occur first. Persons eligible for the temporary authorization
pursuant to this paragraph shall file an application for licensure,
provide the required written notification, and pay a fee to the
department within thirty days of the effective date of the chapter of
the laws of two thousand twenty-three that amended this subdivision, and
shall not be authorized to temporarily practice until the person's name
appears on the lists of persons authorized to temporarily practice
published on the department's website.
(c) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject matter
jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of
regents and the state board for professional medical conduct established
pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law as if he
or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to this
subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply with applicable
provisions of this title, the public health law, the rules of the board
of regents, the state board for professional medical conduct established
pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law, and the
regulations of the commissioner and the commissioner of health, relating
to professional misconduct, disciplinary proceedings and penalties for
professional misconduct. Failure to adhere to the notification
provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivision may be considered
unauthorized practice pursuant to section sixty-five hundred twelve of
this title.
* NB Effective until June 22, 2024
* 10. (a) Any physician who is licensed and in good standing in
another state or territory, and who has a written agreement to provide
medical services to athletes and team personnel of a United States
sports team recognized by the United States Olympic committee or an
out-of-state secondary school, institution of postsecondary education,
or professional athletic organization sports team, may provide medical
services to such athletes and team personnel at a discrete sanctioned
team sporting event in this state as defined by the commissioner in
regulations, provided such services are provided only to such athletes
and team personnel at the discrete sanctioned team sporting event. Any
such medical services shall be provided only five days before through
three days after each discrete sanctioned team sporting event.
(b) Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
this subdivision shall be subject to the personal and subject matter

jurisdiction and disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of
regents and the state board for professional medical conduct established
pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law as if he
or she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant to this
subdivision is a license. Such individual shall comply with applicable
provisions of this title, the public health law, the rules of the board
of regents, the state board for professional medical conduct established
pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public health law, and the
regulations of the commissioner and the commissioner of health, relating
to professional misconduct, disciplinary proceedings and penalties for
professional misconduct.
* NB Effective June 22, 2024